24 karat gold in glitter

[200%carat]

Is there gold in glitter ...I bought one for my kid and notice it says 24 karat .is that real gold dust or plated dust and if so can it be dissolved in Acid -clorox or aqua-regia

 

[Claudie]

If it is Gold, I'm sure the cost of the glitter alone is much more than the value of the Gold that may be in it, not to mention refining costs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_that_glitters_is_not_gold


:|

 

[200%carat]

cost me 1.89 for 2.5oz/70.8 g
at looks like gold ..to me....

 

[Smack]

If it sounds too good to be true... :idea:
Testing is the only way to be sure.

 

[200%carat]

ok so i tried muriatic acid and clorox method....with some heat.. liquid is looking yellowish ..the glitter seems to have been plated...cause theres tiny white grains...smaller than cous cous..I filtered it after it cool down im going to put smb ..to see what will happen

 

[g_axelsson]

You should test with stannous to see if there is gold in solution.
Refining without stannous is like driving a car without looking.

Göran

 

[Claudie]

Gold can be plated extremely thin.
For $1.89 worth of glitter, even if it is plated, I doubt you will be able to recover any Gold from it, at least an amount that can be seen with the naked eye. :|

 

[necromancer]

is there a link to this product ?

do you have photos of the label ?

just remember the marketing team tries there best to make you buy the product.

 

[goldsilverpro]

Is there gold in glitter ...I bought one for my kid and notice it says 24 karat .is that real gold dust or plated dust and if so can it be dissolved in Acid -clorox or aqua-regia

No. There are many inexpensive products out there called 24K glitter and it is nearly a certainty that none of them contain gold. The 24K most assuredly refers to the color and not the presence of gold.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitter

 

[Auggie]

Is there gold in glitter ...I bought one for my kid and notice it says 24 karat .is that real gold dust or plated dust and if so can it be dissolved in Acid -clorox or aqua-regia

No. There are many inexpensive products out there called 24K glitter and it is nearly a certainty that none of them contain gold. The 24K most assuredly refers to the color and not the presence of gold.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitter

I'm no expert, but even I could have told him that without having to consult the Wikipedia

 

[justme2]

There are people on E bay who buy that stuff package it in perfume sample vials and sell them 5 for $5 or what ever some one will pay. They advertise it as 24K glitter. I guess they get buy with it because the original packaging says it's 24K, what ever that means, but it gets therm by the e bay police.